Jerry Hawkins wrote: > New topic - Securing gear in bulkhead areas > > Has anyone put d-rings or other tie-downs inside the bulkheaded storage areas in a sea kayak, for the purpose of preventing gear from shifting during leaning or rolling? I've made a couple. I sewed two layers of Cordura into a patch and stitched some webbing and a plastic D-ring to it. I then glued them to the bulkhead with 3M 5200. I attached webbing to the D-rings and a Fastex buckle to the webbing. This make a loop to secure gear (usually my first aid kit) into the space behind my seat. I attach the webbing to the D-rings by running the end of the webbing through a tri-glide, through the D-ring and then back through the tri-glide. This makes an easy-to-remove system that is quite secure. I know others who have used commercially available tie downs in their kayaks. Avoid the stiff plastic ones that are made for WW canoes. - use the more flexible Hypalon based ones. Make sure that your application avoids creating an entanglement hazard. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 02 2000 - 18:15:13 PST
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